" Ah so all the volunteers in 1914 were "working class" were they Raggy? Got any evidence to back-up that preposterous claim?"

Two things Teribus.

1. The statement said that "in 1914 all working-class soldiers would have been used to being at the bottom of society, with all that entailed" Not that all volunteers were working class.

2. It was a quote from Gary Sheffield whom I seem to recall is one of Keith's favoured historians.